The Nature and Origin of Granite
The origin of granite has for long fascinated geologists though serious debate on the topic may be said to date from a famous meeting of the Geological Society of France in 1847. My own introduction to the subject began exactly one hundred years later when, in an interview with Profes sor H. H. Rea...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1997, 1997
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 1997 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 The historical perspective: an ever changing emphasis
- 2 The categories of granitic rocks: the search for a genetic typology
- 3 Granite as a chemical system: the experimental impact
- 4 The physical nature of granitic magmas: a case of missing information
- 5 The evolution of the granitic texture: a continuum of crystal growth
- 6 Differentiation in granitic magmas: zoning as an example of multifactorial processes at work
- 7 The volcano-plutonic interface: not Read’s hiatus
- 8 The evidence for restite: unmixing as an alternative hypothesis
- 9 The mingling and mixing of granite with basalt: a third term in a multiple hypothesis
- 10 Appinites, diatremes and granodiorites: the interaction of ‘wef’basalt with granite
- 11 Controls of upwelling and emplacement: the response of the envelope: balloons, pistons and reality
- 12 On the rates of emplacement, crystallization and cooling
- 13 Plagiogranite and f errogranophyre: extreme differentiation in contrasted situations
- 14 Cordilleran-type batholiths: magmatism and crust formation at a plate edge
- 15 Intraplate, rift-related magmatism: mainly the A-type, alkali feldspar granites
- 16 Migmatites: are they a source of granitic plutons?
- 17 The waning stages: the role of volatiles in the genesis of pegmatites and metal ores
- 18 The sources of granitic magmas in their various global tectonic niches
- 19 A kind of conclusion: a search for order among multifactorial processes and multifarious interactions